default media size [Was: Proposed F18 feature: MiniDebugInfo]

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Tue May 15 16:21:59 UTC 2012


On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:52 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:

> >> The most important issue in this thread is ability to boot from USB2.0.
> > No, it isn't. mjg59 wrote:
> >
> > "the inability to boot from anything larger than a CD and no USB ports
> > that can be bootstrapped from a bootloader sitting on a CD or floppy."
> >
> > So you're talking past each other. You are assuming that direct boot
> > from USB is the minimum. Matthew reckons bootstrapping from a CD or
> > floppy is fine.
> 
> You can bootstrap from a CD to then boot from USB drives:
> 
> Example:
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16822/boot-from-a-usb-drive-even-if-your-bios-wont-let-you/

Ummmm...yes. That's exactly what mjg59 said and what I pointed out more
clearly that he said. Your saying it again does not immediately appear
to contribute much to the debate. :)
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